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[Mills Chapman]

Hello Everyone,

I just want to let people know that if they are ever in Philadelphia, they should vist Kanella, a new Cypriot restaurant that has excellent food. The atmosphere is very nice - a good romantic place and not necessarily one that you go to everyday for souvlaki. I just wrote a review for the Zagat's guidebook and was the first one to do so for this restaurant. Here is my review (Zagat's likes puns in their reviews):

The options won't be "all Greek to you" at this charming Cypriot bistro with many of the dishes being native to this independent republic. A plethora of delights will leave you "divided" over what to order, but honoring the island's famous deity, they all have an "aphrodisiacal" effect. Low-key servers seem genuinely fascinated by the novel cuisine. BYOB to "sip or-eat" without it. "Sigh - prices" make it a cherished but infrequent treat.

Other reviews so far:
http://www.citypaper.net/food/restauran ... 91/Kanella
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/articles/16414

[CBBB]

I am sure that all those redneck yanks will understand your puns!

[Oracle]

Mmmm ... makes me want to catch a flight out there just to sample its Cypriot "delights"

[CBBB]

We are getting very provincial, going overseas to eat the food we get at home!

No wonder there are so many "Greasy spoons" here.

[Oracle]

We are getting very provincial, going overseas to eat the food we get at home!

No wonder there are so many "Greasy spoons" here.

I always wondered what kind of restaurants were at the "Centre of the Universe" ...

[kafenes]

'Greek, Gayborhood'?? What the hell is Gayborhood?

[humanist]

I live in one of those ....... kafenes :):):):)

[Mills Chapman]

'Greek, Gayborhood'?? What the hell is Gayborhood?

Kafenes, they listed it like that to say the cuisine - Greek - and the location, the Gayborhood. There is a neighborhood here in Philadelpha where about 30% of the residents are gay. Being not of that persuasion, I happen to live in this neighborhood as it is very clean, safe, pretty (old colonial architecture), fairly cheap, centre-left politically, and close to most of downtown. Since there are lots of gay residents in this neighborhood (pronounced "nay-bor-hood" of course), someone thought it would be witty to call it the "Gayborhood." That helps bring in a lot of gay tourists from across the country, which helps the local economy. I'm just careful to avoid the saunas in the basement of the local gym.

Ironically, I know about 7 Greek/Cypriot people on my block, but none of them are gay except for maybe one.

[kafenes]

Oh I see. Like some of these neighbourhoods where if you drop your wallet, you have to kick it to the next neighbourhood to pick it up.

[Nikitas]

Kafenes, you can always use the safe way to pick up things, the weight lifter's squat rather than bending over.